On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 02:28:56PM -0600, Ronny Haryanto wrote:
> On 01-Feb-2000, Timothy L. Mayo wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Ronny Haryanto wrote:
> > > On 01-Feb-2000, Adam McKenna wrote:
> > > > This is _not_ an IMail problem. This is a user-configurable setting.
> > >
> > > But if <> is valid, what is the reason to make this behaviour
> > > user-configurable in the first place? In other words, when is <> not
> > > valid?
> >
> > It is being blocked because some SPAMers took advantage of the fact that
> > the RFCs require bounce messages to use the <> envelope sender for error
> > messages. It should NEVER be blocked, period. If a spammer is sending
> > email with an <> envelope sender, block their IP.
>
> So it _IS_ an IMail problem because it allows rejecting <>.
Not really. It's possible to set up any mailer to block <>. IMail just
makes it easier.
--Adam
